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Re: Sad Commentary - why Irish who fought Hitler don't wear Medals.

That's what I mean, Nickdf,
'cause technically they were, [being paid far more than military pay & bounties for kills] - while U.S. law forbade this, & while they could've faced severe sanctions, in-fact - they were quickly welcomed back into the U.S. forces, a couple even going on to win C.M.H.'s..

Re: Sad Commentary - why Irish who fought Hitler don't wear Medals.

Military bureaucracy is -esp' when backed by political ideology, a monsterous entity..

Compare this situation with the 'deserters' from the US services who serviced as mercenaries in the 'Flying Tigers'..

LOL. Those weren't deserters, JAW and you know it. They were mercenaries, no doubt about it, but approved, by the US Gov't nonetheless and quickly re-inducted into the US Army after Pearl Harbor.

And while we are at it, US pilots served with the Royal Air Force in 'Eagle Squadrons' before Pearl Harbor and also served in the Canadian Air Force. No one thought they were 'deserters'.

I guess it all depends on what the 'national interest' is: lots of Americans who served in the International Brigade - it might have been the Lincoln Brigade - during the Spanish Civil War against Franco, when they returned to the US, were labeled "PAF"s - "Premature" Anti-Fascist(s). How stupid, demeaning, ridiculous and bass-ackwards can one be? It would have been more accurate to label everyone else "RAF"(S) = Retarded Anti-Fascist(s)!